Teens create haunted house adventure at Suisun City library

By Talia Sampson | Daily Republic | October 27, 2009 16:42

SUISUN CITY - The Suisun City Library will be transformed into a 'Haunted Toy Store' Thursday with six different scary rooms staffed by local teen volunteers as part of various family activities scheduled for an early Halloween celebration.

The rooms will include a doll house, a mad scientist lab, a fortune teller room, a clown room, a fairy tale room and a G.I. Joe Army room, said event organizer Mikayla Forkes, 16.

'We built walls within the meeting room that are separated by archways,' said Forkes, a senior at Armijo High School.

The event is aimed at children in middle school or younger, Forkes said, adding that there is a system in place to tone down the fear factor for younger children.

'For kids that are young, we encourage parents to come through with the kids,' Forkes said. 'We'll ask parents. 'Are they scared easily?' so everyone is aware. We can change it per kid so we're not scaring everyone who's too frightened to come through.'

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Suisun City Library Offers SAT & PSAT help

Remember the SAT test? Was that one of the most nerve-wracking experiences of your young life or what?

Our friends at the Suisun City Library are attempting to make it a bit less awful for this generation. Here's how:

In cooperation with KAPLAN, the Suisun City Library is offering FREE practice exams with results seminars.

The exams are on Saturday, February 21 and April 25. Here are the exam times each day:

• PSAT - 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
• SAT - 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.

The results seminars follow onThursday, February 26 and April 30 at 6-7 p.m.

To register, call 1-800-KAP-TEST (1-800-527-8378)

The all-new Suisun City Library is located at 601 Pintail Drive.